Ethel Seath
Ethel Seath
1879 - 1963
BHG CAS CGP
Ethel Seath was born in 1879 in Montreal. Due to the breakup of her parent's marriage, Seath helped support her four siblings, and as early as 16, she began working as an illustrator for the Montreal Witness. Circa 1898 she studied at the Conseil des Arts et Manufactures, taking drawing with Edmond Dyonnet and lithography with Robert Harris. In 1901 she joined the Montreal Star as an illustrator, followed by the Family Herald. After 20 years working as an illustrator, Seath was appointed art teacher in 1917 at Montreal's The Study, a private girl's school. She also taught children's art classes at the Art Association of Montreal from 1937 to 1941. Teaching art was a life-long committment, and after The Study's founder Margaret Gascoignes - a close friend - died in 1934, Seath continued teaching there until retiring in 1962.

Seath was a member of Montreal's Beaver Hall Group formed in 1920, and after its formal demise, continued her ties with her fellow women members, exhibiting with them in group shows at the Art Gallery of Toronto in 1940, the Art Association of Montreal in 1944, the Willistead Art Gallery in 1945 and the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts in 1940.

Although she worked, Seath painted and actively exhibited throughout her life. Her subjects were cityscapes, still lifes and landscapes, depicted using curvilinear patterns, bold masses of colour and simplified detail. She participated in the Art Association of Montreal's spring exhibitions as early as 1905, and in the Royal Canadian Academy Annual in 1906. From 1931 to 1933 she participated in the Annual Exhibition of Canadian Art at the National Gallery of Canada. Her work was included in the important 1925 British Empire Exhibition in 1925 at Wembley, England and A Century of Canadian Art at the Tate Gallery in London in 1938. She was elected to the Canadian Group of Painters in 1939 and exhibited in their group shows, and joined the Contemporary Art Society circa 1940.

Seath died in Montreal in 1963
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Summer Landscape, Eastern Townships by Ethel Seath sold for $37,250
Ethel Seath
Summer Landscape, Eastern Townships
16 x 18 in, 40.6 x 45.7 cm
oil on board
Estimate: $10,000 - $15,000 CDN
Sold for: $37,250 CDN (premium included)
Canadian, Impressionist & Modern Art on Wednesday, December 02, 2020
Cabin in Winter by Ethel Seath sold for $37,250
Ethel Seath
Cabin in Winter
13 7/8 x 16 3/4 in, 35.2 x 42.5 cm
oil on canvas board
Estimate: $30,000 - $50,000 CDN
Sold for: $37,250 CDN (premium included)
Canadian, Impressionist & Modern Art on Thursday, November 24, 2022
Houses in the Valley by Ethel Seath sold for $23,000
Ethel Seath
Houses in the Valley
13 x 17 in, 33 x 43.2 cm
oil on canvas
Estimate: $7,000 - $9,000 CDN
Sold for: $23,000 CDN (premium included)
November 2006 - 3rd Session on Saturday, November 25, 2006
Quebec Village by Ethel Seath sold for $21,250
Ethel Seath
Quebec Village
16 1/4 x 12 in, 41.3 x 30.5 cm
1948
oil on canvas
Estimate: $12,000 - $16,000 CDN
Sold for: $21,250 CDN (premium included)
Modern Canadian Art on Thursday, November 28, 2024
Still Life with Flowers by Ethel Seath sold for $14,040
Ethel Seath
Still Life with Flowers
18 x 19 in, 45.7 x 48.3 cm
oil on canvas
Estimate: $12,000 - $16,000 CDN
Sold for: $14,040 CDN (premium included)
Fall 2009 - 2nd Session on Thursday, November 26, 2009
Champignon No. 1 - Toadstools by Ethel Seath sold for $10,350
Ethel Seath
Champignon No. 1 - Toadstools
14 x 20 in, 35.6 x 50.8 cm
oil on canvas
Estimate: $9,000 - $12,000 CDN
Sold for: $10,350 CDN (premium included)
Fine Canadian Art Fall 2004 on Thursday, November 25, 2004
Lily Buds by Ethel Seath sold for $9,360
Ethel Seath
Lily Buds
24 x 18 in, 61 x 45.7 cm
oil on board
Estimate: $9,000 - $12,000 CDN
Sold for: $9,360 CDN (premium included)
November 2013 - 6th Session on Saturday, November 30, 2013
Sleighing Scene, Charlevoix by Ethel Seath sold for $7,500
Ethel Seath
Sleighing Scene, Charlevoix
8 1/2 x 11 1/2 in, 21.6 x 29.2 cm
pastel on paper
Estimate: $8,000 - $10,000 CDN
Sold for: $7,500 CDN (premium included)
Fine Canadian Art | Part II on Thursday, May 26, 2022
Old Tree on the Morris Property by Ethel Seath sold for $6,900
Ethel Seath
Old Tree on the Morris Property
17 1/4 x 13 3/4 in, 43.8 x 34.9 cm
watercolour
Estimate: $6,000 - $8,000 CDN
Sold for: $6,900 CDN (premium included)
Fine Canadian Art Fall 2002 on Thursday, November 14, 2002
Landscape with Houses by Ethel Seath sold for $6,325
Ethel Seath
Landscape with Houses
13 x 17 in, 33 x 43.2 cm
watercolour
Estimate: $3,000 - $4,000 CDN
Sold for: $6,325 CDN (premium included)
Fine Canadian and Irish Art Fall 2003 on Friday, November 28, 2003